Bug in __imul__

[Erik Max Francis]

Emile van Sebille wrote:

> Does it bother anyone that
> 
> a *= 3 + 4
> 
> returns a different value from
> 
> a = a * 3 + 4

No, because they're not the same thing.  Operator precedence means that
a * 3 + 4 is the same as (a * 3) + 4, not a * (3 + 4).

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